Action · January 9, 2014

METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE (2014)

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Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who uses his High Frequency katana blade to cut through any thing that stands in his vengeful path! A huge success on both Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE comes to PC with all the famed moves and action running within a beautifully-realised HD environment. This new PC version includes all three DLC missions: Blade Wolf, Jetstream, and VR Missions, in addition to all customized body upgrades for Raiden, including: White Armor, Inferno Armor, Commando Armor, Raiden’s MGS4 body, and the ever-popular Cyborg Ninja. 'CUTSCENES' option added to the Main Menu. Play any and all cutscenes. 'CODECS' option added to the Main Menu. Play all and any codec conversation scenes. Menu option added to the CHAPTER Menu enabling user to play only the Boss battles. 'GRAPHIC OPTIONS' added to the OPTIONS Menu. Modify resolution, anti-aliasing, etc. There is an option reading 'ZANGEKI' that will modify the amount of cuts you can make.

Action releases from 2014

146 Action titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume83.3k Steam reviewsTop 8% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 77 — top 27% of Action titles
Concurrent peak242 playersTop 22% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours13 h averageTop 37% for session depth among Action

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Great Soundtrack · 2.6k
  • Hack and Slash · 1.8k
  • Action · 1.8k
  • Spectacle fighter · 1.3k
  • Swordplay · 1.1k
  • Character Action Game · 932
  • Singleplayer · 784
  • Third Person · 782
  • Fast-Paced · 651
  • Ninja · 643
  • Gore · 595
  • Story Rich · 505
  • Cyberpunk · 501
  • Difficult · 481
  • Sci-fi · 453

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 83.3k reviews

80.0k positive · 3.3k negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.1/10

Curator recommendations

67.3k

Peak concurrent players

242

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (7)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Japanese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Japanese

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

13h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

60

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJan 9, 2014
DeveloperPlatinumGames
PublisherKONAMI
Base price$29.99
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE